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Particulars for all the fish recovered in the first year after liberation are shown 

 in the following table : — 



Six of the remaining fish recaptured were taken in the remainder of 1913, 8 in 

 1914, 1 in 1915, and 1 in 1916. 



In June 1913, after 363 days, a female, of 34-5-38-8 cm., and " immature," was 

 caught near the Isle of May, 34 miles to the south and west. 



Two males and a female were recovered in July, the female, of 32 35 cm., after 

 400 days, east of St. Abb's Head, at a distance of 20 miles to the south and west, one 

 of the males, of 36-40-6 cm., after 393 days, near the Bell Rock, at a distance of 

 29 miles to the north and west, and the other, of 33-38 cm., after 407 days, in the 

 same locality, at a distance of 28 miles. 



In October, a male, of 32-5-39-2 cm., and " fully half ripe," was captured, after 

 477 days, in the Firth of Forth, off Elie, at a distance of 46 miles to the north and 

 west ; one, of unknown sex, and whose size, by an omission, was not recorded on 

 liberation nor on recapture, was caught, after 491 days, north of the Great Fisher 

 Bank (58° 18' N. ; 4° 2' E.) at a depth of 37 fathoms, the distance being 190 miles 

 eastward from the station ; it was taken by an Enghsh trawler and landed at Hull, 

 but only the label came into my possession. 



A male, measuring 31-40-3 cm., and " immature," was taken in February 1914, 

 after 616 days, off Tod Head, 29 miles to the northward. 



Two females were got in March 1914, one, of 33-5-38-5 cm., after 643 days, 



